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Feature: ‘Crisis’ on the buses

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Figures from the Department for Education has shown how many children in Sheffield missed classes

Inquiry ‘must be held’ into collapse of crisis-hit trust

Education

More than 75 patients in Wakefield face 'distress' of cancelled operations

More than 75 patients in Wakefield face 'distress' of cancelled operations, figures show

Health

Debenhams Ultimate Beauty Advent Calendar, �70

Start your countdown to Christmas with our quirky advent calendar picks

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Leonid Meteor Shower 2018: Where and how to best view shooting stars this weekend

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Work begins on 'outstanding' £2.8m primary academy in Knottingley

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Obsessive engineer who sent explicit photos of teen girl is jailed for 66 months

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Wakefield schools appeal panel looking for volunteers

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Leeds United fan Leeds United.

Appeal to raise £5,000 for Leeds United fan Toby Nye after doctors tell family 'no more treatment options'

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$Pontefract's Karen Wright, who shot to fame as a contastant on The Great British Bake Off earlier this year, with Pudsey bear.$

Children in Need 2018: Bake Off contestant joins fundraising in Wakefield

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New platform to be built on long-stay car park at Leeds Station

Transport

Is there a road in Wakefield that you think needs desperate attention?

Repairing Wakefield’s roads: Here’s where you think needs the most attention

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The road in Horbury remains closed this morning.

Wakefield road remains closed after crash

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The crash happened earlier this morning, closing the road in both directions for several hours.

Road re-opened after crash between car and motorbike

Transport

Junction 31a of the M6. Picture: Google.

Men from Wakefield and Ossett arrested after two die in crash on motorway

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Obsessive engineer who sent explicit photos of teen girl is jailed for 66 months

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Mill View Stores, Flanshaw Lane, Wakefield.

Vicious robbers carry out terrifying knife attack at village store

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Charles Bronson has been found innocent

Charles Bronson not guilty of attacking prison governor at HMP Wakefield

Crime

Concerns about modern slavery

Modern slavery taking place in plain sight on Yorkshire streets

Crime

Education More Education >>

Inquiry ‘must be held’ into collapse of crisis-hit trust

Education

An artists' impression of the front of the new England Lane Primary Academy building.

Work begins on 'outstanding' £2.8m primary academy in Knottingley

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No previous experience of the education sector is needed as full training will be provided.

Wakefield schools appeal panel looking for volunteers

Education

A commissioner is currently inspecting children's services

Claims social workers asked government to take over Wakefield Council's children's services

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Jerry Clay Academy landed a gold artsmark award

Gold mark for Jerry Clay Academy embracing the arts

Education

Business More Business >>

Feature: ‘Crisis’ on the buses

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New platform to be built on long-stay car park at Leeds Station

Transport

Black Friday

Black Friday becomes Slack Friday as Yorkshire folk plan time off to bag bargains

Business

Theresa May holds a press conference at 10 Downing Street

Theresa May vows to stick to her job like Geoffrey Boycott as Brexit resignations spark fears of a leadership challenge

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Politics More Politics >>

Inquiry ‘must be held’ into collapse of crisis-hit trust

Education

Yvette Cooper MP

COLUMN: Yvette Cooper MP - Fighting to keep local services in our towns

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Theresa May holds a press conference at 10 Downing Street

Theresa May vows to stick to her job like Geoffrey Boycott as Brexit resignations spark fears of a leadership challenge

Politics

You can help the poppy appeal further by recycling your poppy

What to do with your old poppy? How to recycle your poppy

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Wakefield Town Hall

How warning signs over Wakefield Council's inadequate children's services may have been missed

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Our landfills could be full in just four years as waste continues to pile up

Environment

You can help the poppy appeal further by recycling your poppy

What to do with your old poppy? How to recycle your poppy

Politics

Campaigners demonstrate outside County Hall.

Rudd Quarry in Normanton fails in extension plans after Altofts Junior School pupils object

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Wakefield MP Mary Creagh fears the Government is not making the rights commitments to the environment post-Brexit.

Environment at risk of legal protections ‘hole’ - Wakefield MP Mary Creagh warns

Environment

Health More Health >>

More than 75 patients in Wakefield face 'distress' of cancelled operations, figures show

Health

Wakefield Hospice Light up a Life services to remember absent friends and family

Health

GPs running out of flu vaccine

Health

Free testing for HIV around Wakefield as HIV Week highlights need for awareness

Health

Friends and family go the extra mile for Lydia

Wakefield friends and family go the extra mile for Lydia

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